Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Solar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of delays in (a) processing applications for solar panel installations and (b) issuing Distributor Network Operator reference numbers on hous
Answer: No estimate has been made. Most domestic solar installations (<3.68kW) can be made under G98 regulations, whereby no application is required – the installer must merely notify the DNO within 28 days of commissioning. Households can benefit from bill sa...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the National Grid is under a (a) statutory and (b) regulatory obligation to process solar panel installation applications within a specified timeframe.
Answer: For solar installations of 3.68kW per phase, or below, no application is required. The Distribution Network Operator (DNO) must only be notified within 30 days of the installation. For larger projects, DNOs are required to provide a connection offer withi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the average time taken by the National Grid to (a) process applications for solar panel installations and (b) issue Distributor Network Operator reference nu
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax and VAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73198More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the average processing times for (a) VAT and (b) Corporation Tax registration by (i) HMRC and (ii) other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel
Answer: HMRC is not able to provide a comparative assessment of the average processing times for (a) VAT and (b) Corporation Tax registration by (i) HMRC and (ii) other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD do no...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax and VAT: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73197More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) digitising and (b) streamlining the HMRC process for issuing (i) VAT registration numbers and (ii) corporation tax authentication codes.
Answer: As part of the Government’s commitment to improve customer experience through reform and modernisation of tax and customs administration, HMRC recently published the Transformation Roadmap. As part of this plan, HMRC will continue to explore opportunities...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies House and Revenue and Customs: ICTTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73196More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the effectiveness of IT systems used by (a) Companies House and (b) HMRC.
Answer: No comparative assessment has been completed of the IT systems. HMRC and Companies House have a joint commitment on sharing data and analytics to tackle corporate fraud relating to accounting and registration services.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to improve the MP hotlines for Members staff.
Answer: The Department recently streamlined the MP hotline service for Universal Credit, by consolidating multiple telephone numbers into a single national contact number.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of the warhead dismantlement programme across Atomic Weapons Establishment sites; and what protocols are in place for the secure (a) handling, (b) storage and (c) disposal of radioactive m
Answer: The Mk4 warhead components are being disassembled and re-used, recycled or safely disposed of at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield site, following the transition to the Mk4A warhead in 2023. The cost of disassembling our nuclear warheads a...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRosyth Dockyard: InfrastructureMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of planned infrastructure upgrades at Rosyth Dockyard; whether those upgrades include the (a) removal and (b) treatment of legacy radioactive materials; and how many redundan
Answer: The preliminary plans for infrastructure upgrades at Rosyth Dockyard have been approved and industry have been engaged to begin progressing the scheme design. Once the scheme design is complete final costs for the project will be negotiated. The work wil...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevonport Dockyard: InfrastructureMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of infrastructure improvement works at HMNB Devonport; and whether those works involve the (a) removal, (b) containment and (c) replacement of equipment identifie
Answer: The current estimate for the costs of infrastructure improvement works at Devonport including the Naval Base and Dockyard are £5 billion. This important activity, which includes works at HMNB Devonport and investment in Devonport Dockyard, will support th...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordClyde Naval Base: Radioactive MaterialsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Establishment Management Plan at HMNB Clyde includes actions to monitor and manage any potential discharges of radioactive material into surrounding environments.
Answer: The Establishment Management Plan (EMP) at His Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde does not include actions to monitor and manage any potential discharges of radioactive material into surrounding environments. Its focus is on maintaining safe, secure, and h...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much plutonium has been recovered as part of the Mk4A Trident warhead dismantlement programme; what proportion has been re-used in current warhead systems; where remaining material is stored; and what the tot
Answer: The Mk4 warhead components are being disassembled and re-used, recycled or safely disposed of at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield site, following the transition to the Mk4A warhead in 2023. The cost of disassembling our nuclear warheads a...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevonport Dockyard and Rosyth Dockyard: SubmarinesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of dismantling the pressurised water reactors from redundant submarines at (a) Devonport Dockyard and (b) Rosyth Dockyard; and what ongoing collaboration
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 65493 from the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) on 14 July 2025.https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-07/65493#
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to extend the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme.
Answer: Individuals in the UK under one of the Ukraine Schemes can apply to extend their permission by up to an additional 18 months through the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to applications on 4 February 2025. The scheme provides the sa...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DatabasesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance his Department provides to departments using suppliers who operate (a) Foundry, (b) Gotham and (c) other cross-sector data platforms on the risk of cross-domain data use.
Answer: All departments must adhere to the UK Data Protection legislation to manage risk and protect personal data when they are using cross-sector data platforms provided by suppliers. All departments are controllers of the personal data they hold and are indivi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantir: Freedom of InformationHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she did not provide a substantive response to the Freedom of Information Act request with reference number 359A/25 on her Department's use of services provided by Palantir Technologies
Answer: The Home Office issued a substantive response to the requester in May 2024, which stated:We have carried out a thorough search and we have established that no current Palantir contracts or use of Palantir software were identified within the Home Office.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DevonDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 66340 on the South West Rail Resilience Programme, whether her Department has received the assessments completed by Network Rail in 2024 on the outline design
Answer: Following receipt of the Outline Business Case for Phase 5 of the Resilience Programme from Network Rail in 2024, the Department is funding further cliff monitoring and drainage works on this section of route. The project will be kept under review at futu...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of contracts held by Palantir Technologies in (a) strategic competitor and (b) other countries on (i) hi
Answer: The UK continues to support the open, responsible, secure, and resilient development and innovation of technologies globally, through collaboration with governments, technology companies, and academia. Under the UK data protection regime, organisations mu...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence of 13 June 2025 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.
Answer: I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's correspondence. I issued a response to the hon. Member on 21 July.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has (a) issued guidance to and (b) held discussions with local authorities on the estimated end date of the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme.
Answer: From 4 February 2025, individuals in the UK under a Ukraine visa scheme have been eligible to apply for the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, granting an additional 18 months’ permission to stay in the UK as well as access to work, benefits, heal...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHornets: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any dedicated Asian hornet rapid response teams have been (a) disbanded and (b) downsized since 2023.
Answer: The response to Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) also known as Asian hornet is carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU do this as part of the overall programme of work that they deliver for Defra from the fund...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHornets: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether allocated funding to the Animal and Plant Health Agency for Asian hornet response operations has changed since 2023.
Answer: The response to Asian hornet also known as Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) is carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU do this as part of the overall programme of work that they deliver for Defra from the fund...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHornets: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to the (a) identification and (b) removal of yellow-legged Asian hornet nests in (i) 2025, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2022.
Answer: There has been 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff assigned to nest destruction in 2022, 2023 and 2025. This means they were assigned to that role and available on call when needed. There has been one FTE Senior Operational Lead dedicated to yellow-legge...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in Ukrainian Visa Extension Schemes applications on Ukrainians in the Newton Abbot constituency.
Answer: We recognise the importance of minimising any delays in the processing of UPE applications. The vast majority of Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme applications are being processed within Service Level Agreements. There may be applications which have var...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 9 June 2025.
Answer: A response for both letters will be sent to the Hon Member shortly. I apologise for the delay.
Answered 25 Jul 2025
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